Stuart Stanyard Joins The Company From Rolls-Royce

2Excel Aviation, the innovative aviation services company, has recruited Stuart Stanyard, a former Finance Director from engine-maker Rolls-Royce Plc’s Civil Aerospace business, to its Management Board.

AFV Partners Acquires The Proprietary Flight Operations Software Solutions Business

Liberty Hall Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in businesses serving the global aerospace and defense industry, has sold Aircraft Performance Group, LLC ("APG"), a provider of proprietary flight operations software solutions to the aftermarket of the global aerospace industry, to technology holding company AFV Partners LLC ("AFV Partners"). Terms of the transaction, which closed on January 3, 2020, were not disclosed.

Aircraft Was Operated By Day And Night For A Total Of Approximately 30 Flight Hours

Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100, supported by Three Tis Group, was deployed as a first emergency response providing critical situational information during the Kim Kim river toxic pollution crisis in Malaysia.

Will Work Together To Meet Rising Inflight Connectivity Demand

Gogo and Spanish satellite operator, Hispasat, have today a capacity agreement on Amazonas Nexus satellite to meet the growing global demand for high-speed inflight connectivity services.

Training Guidelines Revised In Response To A Safety Recommendation From The NTSB

The NBAA has updated an important training resource for certain single pilot operations – specifically those of jet aircraft weighing 10,000 pounds or less, certificated for single-pilot operations and equipped with advanced cockpit automation, automated engine and systems management and/or integrated autoflight, autopilot and flight guidance systems.

Has Not Been In Stores For More Than A Year

The DJI Phantom line of drones, considered by some to be the industry standard, vanished from store shelves about 14 months ago. At the time, DJI cited a "parts shortage" that prevented it from manufacturing new Phantom drones.

Nominations Now Open To Honor Innovators In The Unmanned Industry

The Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) has opened the call for entries for the third annual AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards. Five new categories have been added to the program, one of which is dedicated to highlighting the incredible work by public safety professionals with unmanned systems. DJI will again sponsor the Humanitarian Award and the new Public Safety Award.

Will Deliver An End-To-End Drone Solution For Enterprises

vHive, a software solution that enables enterprises to digitize their field assets and operations using autonomous drone hives, has partnered with DFS Autonomous Systems LLC (DAS) and its subsidiary Consortiq to extend its drone software solution offering to enterprise customers.

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) Forecast To Be More Than 26 Percent

Allied Market Research has published a report titled, "Air Taxi Market by Propulsion Type (Parallel Hybrid, Electric, Turboshaft, and Turboelectric), Aircraft Type (Multicopter, Quadcopter, and Others), and Passenger Capacity (One, Two, Four, and More than six): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021–2030." According to the report, the global air taxi market is estimated to reach $817.50 million by 2021, and is expected to grow $6.63 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 26.2% from 2021 to 2030.

Solar, Fixed-Wing UAS Has A Ceiling Of 20,000 Feet, Carries 20 Pounds

The Silent Falcon E1 UAV has completed 500 hours of successful flight testing and operations, according to an announcement from Albuquerque-based UAS service provider Silent Falcon UAS Technologies. The E1 is a solar electric, fixed wing, Unmanned Aircraft System. It is noise free, emission free, and provides long range, low cost ISR capability.